Definition of "deprecating" in Anglais

verb

1. present participle and gerund of deprecate

adjective

1. In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.

   • She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
   • He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
   • Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.